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Object functions available through the builtin object 'object'.

object.default

object.default <value> <default>

Description

The default value is returned if the input value is null or an empty string "". A string containing whitespace characters will not resolve to the default value.

Arguments

  • value: The input value to check if it is null or an empty string.
  • default: The default value to return if the input value is null or an empty string.

Returns

The default value is returned if the input value is null or an empty string "", otherwise it returns value

Examples

input Try out

{{ undefined_var | object.default "Yo" }}

output

Yo

object.eval

object.eval <value>

Description

The evaluates a string as a scriban expression or evaluate the passed function or return the passed value.

Arguments

  • value: The input value, either a scriban template in a string, or an alias function or directly a value.

Returns

The evaluation of the input value.

Examples

input Try out

{{ "1 + 2" | object.eval }}

output

3

object.eval_template

object.eval_template <value>

Description

The evaluates a string as a scriban template or evaluate the passed function or return the passed value.

Arguments

  • value: The input value, either a scriban template in a string, or an alias function or directly a value.

Returns

The evaluation of the input value.

Examples

input Try out

{{ "This is a template text {{ 1 + 2 }}" | object.eval_template }}

output

This is a template text 3

object.format

object.format <value> <format> <culture>?

Description

Formats an object using specified format.

Arguments

  • value: The input value
  • format: The format string.
  • culture: The culture as a string (e.g en-US). By default the culture from is used

Returns

Examples

input Try out

{{ 255 | object.format "X4" }}
{{ 1523 | object.format "N2" "en-US" }}

output

00FF
1,523.00

object.has_key

object.has_key <value> <key>

Description

Checks if the specified object as the member key

Arguments

  • value: The input object.
  • key: The member name to check its existence.

Returns

true if the input object contains the member key; otherwise false

Examples

input Try out

{{ product | object.has_key "title" }}

output

true

object.has_value

object.has_value <value> <key>

Description

Checks if the specified object as a value for the member key

Arguments

  • value: The input object.
  • key: The member name to check the existence of its value.

Returns

true if the input object contains the member key and has a value; otherwise false

Examples

input Try out

{{ product | object.has_value "title" }}

output

true

object.keys

object.keys <value>

Description

Gets the members/keys of the specified value object.

Arguments

  • value: The input object.

Returns

A list with the member names/key of the input object

Examples

input Try out

{{ product | object.keys | array.sort }}

output

["title", "type"]

object.size

object.size <value>

Description

Returns the size of the input object.

  • If the input object is a string, it will return the length
  • If the input is a list, it will return the number of elements
  • If the input is an object, it will return the number of members

Arguments

  • value: The input object.

Returns

The size of the input object.

Examples

input Try out

{{ [1, 2, 3] | object.size }}

output

3

object.typeof

object.typeof <value>

Description

Returns string representing the type of the input object. The type can be string, boolean, number, array, iterator and object

Arguments

  • value: The input object.

Returns

Examples

input Try out

{{ null | object.typeof }}
{{ true | object.typeof }}
{{ 1 | object.typeof }}
{{ 1.0 | object.typeof }}
{{ "text" | object.typeof }}
{{ 1..5 | object.typeof }}
{{ [1,2,3,4,5] | object.typeof }}
{{ {} | object.typeof }}
{{ object | object.typeof }}

output


boolean
number
number
string
iterator
array
object
object

object.kind

object.kind <value>

Description

Returns string representing the type of the input object. The type can be string, bool, byte, sbyte, ushort, short, uint, int, ulong, long, float, double, decimal, bigint, enum, range, array, function and object

Arguments

  • value: The input object.

Returns

Examples

This function is newer than object.typeof and returns more detailed results about the types (e.g instead of number, returns int or double)

input Try out

{{ null | object.kind }}
{{ true | object.kind }}
{{ 1 | object.kind }}
{{ 1.0 | object.kind }}
{{ "text" | object.kind }}
{{ 1..5 | object.kind }}
{{ [1,2,3,4,5] | object.kind }}
{{ {} | object.kind }}
{{ object | object.kind }}

output


bool
int
double
string
range
array
object
object

object.values

object.values <value>

Description

Gets the member's values of the specified value object.

Arguments

  • value: The input object.

Returns

A list with the member values of the input object

Examples

input Try out

{{ product | object.values | array.sort }}

output

["fruit", "Orange"]

object.from_json

object.from_json <json>

Description

Converts the json to a scriban value. Object, Array, string, etc. Only available in net7.0+

Arguments

  • json: The json to deserialize.

Returns

Returns the scriban value

Examples

input Try out

{{
   obj = `{ "foo": 123 }` | object.from_json
   obj.foo
}}

output

123

object.to_json

object.to_json <value>

Description

Converts the scriban value to JSON. Only available in net7.0+

Arguments

  • value: The input object.

Returns

A JSON representation of the value

Examples

input Try out

{{ { foo: "bar", baz: [1, 2, 3] } | object.to_json }}
{{ true | object.to_json }}
{{ null | object.to_json }}

output

{"foo":"bar","baz":[1,2,3]}
true
null

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